Even Santa Claus Gets The Blues chords by Marty Stuart

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Intro:
| (D MajorD) | (D MajorD) | (D MajorD) | (D MajorD) |
       | (D MajorD) (F#7F#7) | (Bm7Bm7) (E7E7) | (G+G) (A7A7) | (D MajorD) (A7A7) |

D MajorD             F#7F#7
Lost my favorite reindeer in a hurricane
B minorBm   A minorAm    G+G       G#dimG#dim
Got so get-away on a count of rain
D MajorD            F#7F#7      Bm7Bm7
Countin' my troubles by threes and by twos
E7E7        A7A7       Eb7Eb7
Even Santa Claus gets the blues

D MajorD          F#7F#7
Well, I wasn't given for just one silent night
B minorBm     A minorAm     G+G      G#dimG#dim
Just me and mama close by the warm fire light, yeah
D MajorD                   F#7F#7       Bm7Bm7
But Christmas time is comin', there's just so much to do
E7E7  A7A7          D MajorD   D7D7
Even Santa Claus gets the blues

Chorus:
      G+G               D MajorD
But I know every single chimney like the back of my hand
G+G                 D MajorD
People leave me milk and cookies, I just think that?fs grand
G+G      F#7F#7     Bm7Bm7     E7E7
As the story goes, I'm a dearly loved man
    A augmentedA       G+G         F#7F#7        E7E7  Eb7Eb7
But the reason for the season, some folks just don't under- stand

D MajorD               F#7F#7
So, it's back to the work shop to make more toys
B minorBm      A minorAm     G+G         G#dimG#dim
Can't wait to give 'em to all the girls and boys
D MajorD                F#7F#7         Bm7Bm7
I'm hookin' up my sleigh, go a- head and spread the noose
        E7E7  A7A7          D MajorD
But sometimes, even Santa Claus gets the blues

Chorus:
    G+G               D MajorD
He goes every single chimney like the back of his hand
    G+G                D MajorD
People leave him milk and cookies, and he think that's grand
G+G      F#7F#7     Bm7Bm7      E7E7
As the story goes, he's a dear and loved man
  A augmentedA       G+G         F#7F#7        E7E7  Eb7Eb7
The reason for the season, some folks just don't under- stand

D MajorD                F#7F#7
So, it's back to the work shop, gotta make some more toys
B minorBm      A minorAm     G+G        G#dimG#dim
Can't wait to give 'em to all my girls and boys
D MajorD                F#7F#7         Bm7Bm7
I'm hookin' up my sleigh, go a- head and spread the noose
        E7E7  G+G   G#G# A7A7
But sometimes, some- times even Santa Claus gets the blues

Outro:
 (D MajorD) (E7E7) (A7A7) --- | (D MajorD) ----- | (B minorBm) (A augmentedA) (F#F#) (D MajorD) -----